Friday, December 14, 2007

Friday - Something for Everyone

I have so many things on my mind today - and don't even get me started on the holidays! So, here is a menagerie of "stuff" for your amusement, in no particular order!

There is still a house in progress...but as you might imagine, little things slow us down! Painting takes a long time, even if you only use ONE porn-star-named color. It's all that trim work - and heck, I don't even have crown molding! We did finish picking out the light fixtures, so hopefully, the electrician will begin installing those next week. He has to wait for the painters to quit spraying toxins and clean up their mess:We have a septic tank and lateral lines, and they didn't tear up the yard too much, either. He is a quick peek at the beginnings of the process:Some of the countertops are installed:By looking at this photo of our partially completed kitchen cabinets, you should have some idea of our storage space. The Offspring said that once the cabinet doors were on, it was really starting to feel like a house.Speaking of The Offspring, can you pick her out of this photo? She's changed her hair since, but give it a shot anyway:And guess what I sent off today?Yup - that's my DNA kit. It came very quickly, and so I'm wondering how long it will take to get results. I'm guessing I'll know something by mid-January. I didn't get my parents' Christmas gifts packaged and sent, but you can bet I put this sucker in the mail TODAY. Where the heck are my priorities?

The Offspring wasn't too easy to find (between the two girls in the front row facing each other) because it seems that either you have been playing with photoshop, or you live in an area that's involved in cloning experimentation.

As far as I can tell there are actually only two girls in that photo, one with dark hair and one with light hair.

theotherbear - thanks! and I'll be sure to post the results for everyone's enjoyment.

laurie - you all will be (almost) the first to know!

kila - thanks so much! and just to think I'm of the planet would be nice.

bond - glad you like it! And you are also correct. You might need to host the blogger party and cook some treats. (And I'm secretly hoping for Italian.)

matt-man - these girls are between 13-14 - how old is your son? Is he hot? Some of them could use a boyfriend, so they quit whining about not having one.

cynthia - thanks! but I am ALWAYS late with my tags - hope you are patient...

pamela - ditto! And this is the junction box - what you can't see is that it goes downhill, which is a good thing - the lateral lines were dug VERY deeply - and were to the left of this contraption. Let's hope it works out okay.

janet - pyschic, for sure!

jeanette - I know I'm an oddity, but I insisted on cramming as many windows in there as the space would allow. It was the most important part of my self-made floor plan. The guys had to mark and measure them three times until I was satisfied! (I was irritated, b/c I could have had ONE MORE, if we didn't have to leave a place for light switches!)

M@ - there are actually two partially hidden girls. Thanks - and I like the new photo...dapper!

I could spot Amber without even clicking to make it bigger. She is as you look at the photo to the left of the girl that looks like a bully with both fists visible and to the right of the girl that almost has her back turned to the camera.

YAY for the house!!! I am SO freakin in LOVE with those windows. I want windows like that spanning an entire wall like you do. Oh I so hope you have a blogger party...That would be cool and I would break all my damn anonymity for that. Not that there is much left.

Sweet! Such a cool DNA photo! Sitting on the edge of my seat! I don't know why I am so anxious!

I would totally drive myself there, I am maybe 4-6 hours from you. Oh and those that could make it could set up their web cams and be there via the internet. I'm sure there would be a way to figure out how to have a private webcast that only those invited could view.